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Teaching Arts Entrepreneurship: The Marble Game is On!

Games in the classroom, teaching Arts Entrepreneurship  In Attracting Capital, the short title of a course taught in the minor of Arts Entrepreneurship at Meadows School of the Arts, SMU, students are learning about the relativity of value and how … Continue reading

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New Arts Entrepreneurship Youtube Channel

Meadows has a new Arts Entrepreneurship Youtube Channel. In this academic season, a number of arts entrepreneurs, academics in the field and those working with entrepreneurs (such as an IP Lawyer), have been video interviewed and asked to speak about the … Continue reading

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Teaching Arts Entrepreneurship: Attracting Capital

At SMU, we offer a course with a short title of Attracting Capital. In this course, students gain a solid understanding of legal structures, pathways towards funding and numerous other business related matters. But simultaneously, students learn through a process … Continue reading

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20 Steps to Find Vision

I am sure each of us has heard that “He/she is a person of vision”. This phrase has a mystical quality to it, as though there is a type of person with the ability to see what others cannot. I believe … Continue reading

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Five Tips for Getting your Story Told

To build an arts business, you’ll need to use a range of tools to tell your story and connect with your community, including advertising, marketing and communications tools. You’ll also want to consider how to share your work with journalists … Continue reading

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Heroes Among Us with DJ Nikolas James

The following interview is part of a class assignment for Entrepreneurship and the Hero Adventure at SMU, Meadows School of the Arts. Each interview has been conducted and created by students for this course, which celebrates those heroes in our communities. Heroism, … Continue reading

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Video Interview with Nadia Sirota

Please click on the following link to watch a video interview with Nadia Sirota, Meadows Prize recipient, 2013. This interview took place in April of 2013 and was conducted by Jim Hart. Interview with Nadia Sirota, Meadows Prize winner, 2013 … Continue reading

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Heroes Among Us: Sifu Dwight Woods

The following interview is part of a class assignment for Entrepreneurship and the Hero Adventure at SMU, Meadows School of the Arts. Each interview has been conducted and created by students for this course, which celebrates those heroes in our communities. Heroism, … Continue reading

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Nadia Sirota guest lectures Entrepreneurship and the Hero Adventure

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Finding a Sense of Balance

Most people want to be happy. In order to be happy, our needs must be met. Needs are not to be mistaken for wants. If too many of our needs go unmet

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